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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
Ruth Goodman - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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Offensive language, insolent behavior, slights, brawls, and scandals come alive in Ruth Goodman's uproarious history. Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap... |
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Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages
Gaston Dorren - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Whether you're a frequent visitor to Europe or just an armchair traveler, the surprising and extraordinary stories in Lingo will forever change the way you think about the continent, and may even make you want to learn a new language.Lingo spins the reader on a whirlwind tour of sixty... |
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Baby Sign Language: More than 150 Signs Baby Can Use and Understand
Diane Ryan - Alpha; Repacking of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language, 2E edition
Format: Paperback
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Your baby has many wants and needs. Some you can figure out. Others need a little more patience. While your baby learns to make their requests verbally, you can teach them gestures and signs that will help bridge the gap of understanding. Baby Sign Language offers the tools and techniques... |
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No One Understands You and What to Do About It
Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review Press; Bilingual edition
Format: Print book
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Have you ever felt you're not getting through to the person you're talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You're not alone.That's the bad news. But there is something we can do about it. Heidi Grant Halvorson, social psychologist and bestselling author, explains... |
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Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Aaron Lansky - Algonquin Books; 3rd Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The great Yiddish scholar Max Weinreich was delivering a lecture in Finland when the Nazis invaded his native Poland. The lecture saved his life. He made his way to New York, where he opened his doors to new students. Many thought his work was hopeless—especialy since half of the world's... |
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Latin For Dummies
Clifford A. Hull
Format: 2nd Edition
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Master the basics of a lyrical and useful languageEven though most people don't use Latin anymore, it used to be spoken by millions of people from across the ancient world. It later morphed into new languages we still use today! In Latin For Dummies, you'll take a tour through the language... |
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
Sarah Ogilvie - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind's greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented... |
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The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
John Warner - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroomAfter a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator... |
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